Iowa Environmental Mesonet

Iowa State University Department of Agronomy

Climodat reports are a great source of Iowa climate data

ISU Agclimate Data information

Station Id conversion table
StationId:Station Name:Data Starts At:Data Ends At:
a130209AmesJul 01, 1986Current
a131069CalmarSep 21, 2001 Current
a131299CastanaMay 19, 1988Current
a131329Cedar Rapids Jun 22, 1998Current
a131559CharitonAug 17, 1988Current
a131909CrawfordsvilleJan 01, 1990Current
a130219GilbertAug 28, 1986Current
a135879NashuaSep 01, 1988Current
a138019SutherlanJul 23, 1988Current
a134759LewisJun 19, 1997Current
a136949RhodesMay 17, 1999Oct 11,2006
a134309KanawhaJun 19, 1997Current
a135849MuscatineMar 27, 2000Current

You can get lat/lon information from this page.

Units for Data

Evapotranspirationinches
Precipationinches
Hourly Solar RadiationKilo calories per hour per meter squared
Daily Solar RadiationLangleys
TemperaturesFahrenhit
Wind speedsMPH
Timelocal time, either CST or CDT

Soil Temperature The soil probe is 4 inches deep underneath a one square meter bare patch of soil.

Hardware Specs

Temperature: All of our stations have either the Campbell HMP35 or HMP45. The 35 was discontinued and replaced with the 45. They are mounted within a radiation grill at 2 meters height.

Solar Radiation: LI-COR pyranometer, model LI200X.